MARKED AWAKENING

In a world that appears peaceful on the surface, some truths are buried too deep to be spoken. Aeren has lived his entire life as an orphan, carrying nothing but unanswered questions. His parents died in a tragic accident. His twin sister vanished the same night and was declared dead. That is the official story. Aeren has never believed it. When a mysterious fire destroys the refuge he calls home, the lie finally collapses. Pursued by unseen forces and hunted by those who erase what should not exist, Aeren is forced to flee alongside the only person who stood by him when everything burned. During the chaos, something awakens. A mark hidden beneath Aeren’s bandaged eye begins to react—fracturing reality, disrupting powers, and drawing the attention of an organization that has ruled from the shadows for centuries. They recognize the signs. They remember a story that was never meant to be repeated. Driven by visions of ancient ruins and a voice calling from beyond sealed stone, Aeren steps into a world far more brutal than the one he left behind—where survival is earned through blood, and the deeper one goes, the less the world tolerates mistakes. Aeren does not seek power. But the world does not know how to handle his existence. And some awakenings were never meant to happen.